(2nd meeting) Commission on Population and Development, Forty-ninth session

11 Apr 2016 - The 49th session of the Commission on Population and Development will be held April 11th through the 15th, examining the theme ‘Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda’.

1. Opening statements by Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Director of the Population Division in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
2. Election of officers [item 1]
3. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters (E/CN.9/2016/1 and
E/CN.9/2016/L.1) [item 2]
Report of the Bureau of the Commission on Population and Development on its
intersessional meetings (E/CN.9/2016/2)
4. Actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International
Conference on Population and Development (E/CN.9/2016/3, E/CN.9/2016/4 and
E/CN.9/2016/5) [item 3]
Keynote statement and interactive discussion:
Professor Lisa Bersales, Chief Statistician of the Philippines and Co-Chair of the InterAgency
and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals indicators.